Recipients

Water safety: Local Rowan Muir teamed up with the Pohutukawa Coast helping Hand Trust and the Franklin Local Board to fund water safety courses in local schools, Read press release here.

Robotics: Beachlands School received funding for 5 x robotics kits and laptops to support learning for boys.

Peer Support: Beachlands and Maraetai Beach Schools, supported by the Beachlands Baptist Church, received funding support for a part-time community peer support worker available for intermediate aged pupils.

School Camps: Local schools received funding to enable students to attend school camps. While much fundraising is done to reduce the camp fees, some local families are unable to afford the camp fees.

AIMS Games: Local schools receive funding for intermediate-aged children to attend the AIMS Games in Tauranga. The Trust is impressed that the students do a significant amount of their own fundraising.  The grants enable the intermediate-aged children to have the opportunity to complete against other students at the top of their field, and to see what they can aim for themselves.

Environment and sustainability: Maraetai Beach School received funding assistance to help the children establish a school orchard and learn about the environment and sustainability.

Team Building: Maraetai Beach School staff were awarded a ‘Corporate Challenge’ team building course, which was kindly donated to the Trust by the Pohutukawa Coast Cancer Appeal 2013.  They had won the course for raising the most amount of money and wanted to see it used by a group within the Community.

Riley Dexter received funding for Parkour classes to support his rehabilitation after a serious illness.

Tracey-Lee Dalton received funding to cover conference fees, enabling her to attend and present as an invited speaker at the 2015 International Carers Conference in Sweden.

Fiona Kenworthy received funding to cover her airfare costs, to enable her to continue her volunteer community work with children in Vanuatu.  

A local teenager was provided with tools to support him with his building apprenticeship.

Charlie Riley received assistance from the Trust to facilitate the purchase of 15 sets of focus mitts and kickpads. This equipment has enabled Charlie to provide free group community self defense courses, teaching the fundamentals of how to defend yourself, including de-escalation, avoidance tactics and common sense.

A laptop sourced by the Trust was provided to a local student, to assist her with her tertiary studies.

Funding has been provided to a local intermediate student to receive extra tuition needed to catch up to peers, having missed a lot of school due to a serious health condition.

The Trust provided funding for a local young person with Downs Syndrome to complete a programme of speech therapy provided by Small Talk. This programmed helped to improve their ability to communicate.